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"Hatred Of Active Introspection. Explanations Of One's Soul, Such As: Yesterday I Was So, And For This
"Hatred of active introspection. Explanations of one's soul, such as: Yesterday I was so, and for this reason; today I am so, and for this reason. It is not true, not for this reason and not for that reason, and therefore also not so and so."
Franz Kafka, from a diary entry dated December 9th 1913, featured in 'Diaries'. (translated by Joseph Kresh)
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